Cecil Hotel
The four-star Cecil Hotel in Alexandria, Egypt, was built as the Cecil Hotel in 1929 by the French-Egyptian Jewish Metzger family as a romantic hotel, at Saad Zaghloul square where Cleopatra's needles had been, in front of the Corniche.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Alexandria, Egypt
- Also known as: “Steigenberger Cecil”, “Steigenberger Cecil Alexandria”, and “Steigenberger Cecil Hotel Alexandria”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Mark’s Cathedral and Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue.
Saint Mark’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. It is the historical seat of the Pope of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Saint Mark’s Cathedral is situated 280 metres southeast of Cecil Hotel.
Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Moshirah, Public domain.
The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 69 Nabi Daniel Street, Alexandria, Egypt. Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue is situated 260 metres southeast of Cecil Hotel.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Lighthouse
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Lighthouse of Alexandria is situated 2 km northwest of Cecil Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alexandria and Safar.
Alexandria
Photo: Wing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandria is Egypt's second largest city, its largest seaport, and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea. The city is a faded shadow of its former glorious cosmopolitan self, but still worth a visit for its many cultural attractions – particularly the new Library of Alexandria – and still-palpable glimpses of its past.
Cecil Hotel
- Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.20073° or 31° 12′ 3″ northLongitude
29.89847° or 29° 53′ 55″ eastOpen location code
8G3F6V2X+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 110658142OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=hotelOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
9968994Wikidata ID
Q5056137
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cecil Hotel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شتيجنبرجر سيسيل الإسكندرية”
- Arabic: “فندق سيسل”
- Dutch: “Cecil Hotel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فندق سيسل”
- French: “Cecil Hotel”
- German: “Cecil Hotel”
- German: “Sofitel Cecil Alexandria”
- German: “Steigenberger Cecil Hotel”
- Russian: “Отель Сесиль (Александрия)”
- Russian: “Отель Сесиль”
- Vietnamese: “Khách sạn Cecil (Alexandria)”
- Vietnamese: “Khách sạn Cecil”
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